Is there anything that can be done to the OE pump to dress it up a bit besides painting/powder coating the body?

Only alternative I'm aware of is an electric pump from meizer

 

You going for looks or performance ? Polish the outside of the pump. But better yet, keep the hood closed and let them GUESS what just kicked their butt into next week....

 

Yeah just dressing things up a bit. Cars loud and thumpy at idle they will have a pretty good idea right off the bat haha

 

Yeah, with a non-stealth cam, you're kinda spilling the beans anyway! lol
Seriously, like I said, hit it with some grit and smooth her out until she shines good and proper!

 

I've seen a few painted and powder coated, the best finish always seems to be a matte black

 

my block is painted black and then I have a lot of satin billet components under the hood so i'm torn between going black with a satin pulley or the reverse. I actually found the highflow version of the pump online after posting this and saw you can get a different pulley on it than the stock bell..... The pump on the motor now came off of a 80k ls1 so I've debated replacing it. Not sure i wont to spend the bones on an electric one or not. so I may go for this